Phoenix Show

jvmaz · Oct 21, 2015, 05:13 PM

Greetings all,
First time poster here.... Last night's Phoenix show was my first time seeing MMJ live... I really enjoyed it from the pit. The cover of 'The Right Place', 'Believe', 'Get the Point' and 'One Big Holiday' were my highlights. But everything was played powerful and precise. Acoustics at Comerica were great, so props to the crew for that.

MMJ played about 2 hours and 10 minutes.

I found a pic of the setlist from searching Instagram...credit to the person who uploaded it. Not sure how much deviation there was from the printed list to what was actually played.

https://instagram.com/p/9FxN4Iovtq/

Regards,
Jason

nealbook · Oct 21, 2015, 05:17 PM

Agreed on Bermuda/Hopefully>>>>>Wonderful

Show started at 8:40 and ended at 10:49, with a few minute encore break

Shug · Oct 21, 2015, 05:54 PM

Yep, all the new songs were played so well with tightness and power. Jacket are so damn good live they can even make lightweight 80s' pop rock like Compound Fracture and Believe sound like powerhouses with the thumping bass and drums and Carl rocking out all over the place, Bo laying down the cheesy synths and Jim falsetto soul-testifying over the top. They really killed it all night. The run from Tropics - Masterplan - I'm Amazed - Slow Slow Tune - Memories -Believe - O Is The One was especially blazing. Tropics has such a nasty dirty jam, I frickin' love it when they go guitar crazy like that, just heavy Sabbath-sounding sludge rock. My head gets why people don't like I'm Amazed but my soul just can't comprehend that. They played the shit out of it last night, it rocked so hard and so good with that mid tempo roots rock groove, it just gets me smiling every time. The smooth Philly soul of Only Memories Remain is a soothing pleasure, holy shit, how can they nail solid so many crazy diverse musical styles? I'll never get tired of O Is The One either with the ripping twin lead guitar part that Carl and Jim get into, frickin' awesome!

And then the sound like a modern version of the Band on Right Place before destroying with a heavy heavy Victory Dance and some good old party rock in OBH. Another goddamn solid rock show that begs the question if there is any other rock band in existence that is as good as Jacket? Maybe Wilco. Most don't have the years of experience in the craft of live rock performance, the depth and breadth of musical knowledge and the intangible ability to provide a transcendent ;live rock 'n roll experience.

I fuckin' love this band!

Jackets N Pones · Oct 21, 2015, 06:02 PM

Who is Eric?

Shug · Oct 21, 2015, 06:06 PM

Eric is the lead singer of Fruitbats. They didn't do the planned duet with him on Wonderful (they did that in SF last weekend) instead played Bermuda and Hopefully.

blucas · Oct 21, 2015, 07:27 PM

Hola everybody. After 3 blistering shows (2 in vegas last week and then an end to MMJ's seven year Arizona hiatus last night) and a prod from my buddy Shug, I figured I'd leave a fingerprint in here. Hard to believe this could be true but the band is better than ever! Still glowing :)

Shug · Oct 21, 2015, 10:02 PM

A Blucas sighting, wow, now THAT is some rare shit! Ha ha ha! Great to rock out with ya last night!

Lonndown27 · Oct 22, 2015, 12:09 AM

Quote from: Shug on Oct 21, 2015, 05:54 PM

Yep, all the new songs were played so well with tightness and power. Jacket are so damn good live they can even make lightweight 80s' pop rock like Compound Fracture and Believe sound like powerhouses with the thumping bass and drums and Carl rocking out all over the place, Bo laying down the cheesy synths and Jim falsetto soul-testifying over the top. They really killed it all night. The run from Tropics - Masterplan - I'm Amazed - Slow Slow Tune - Memories -Believe - O Is The One was especially blazing. Tropics has such a nasty dirty jam, I frickin' love it when they go guitar crazy like that, just heavy Sabbath-sounding sludge rock. My head gets why people don't like I'm Amazed but my soul just can't comprehend that. They played the shit out of it last night, it rocked so hard and so good with that mid tempo roots rock groove, it just gets me smiling every time. The smooth Philly soul of Only Memories Remain is a soothing pleasure, holy shit, how can they nail solid so many crazy diverse musical styles? I'll never get tired of O Is The One either with the ripping twin lead guitar part that Carl and Jim get into, frickin' awesome!

And then the sound like a modern version of the Band on Right Place before destroying with a heavy heavy Victory Dance and some good old party rock in OBH. Another goddamn solid rock show that begs the question if there is any other rock band in existence that is as good as Jacket? Maybe Wilco. Most don't have the years of experience in the craft of live rock performance, the depth and breadth of musical knowledge and the intangible ability to provide a transcendent ;live rock 'n roll experience.

I fuckin' love this band!

Fuck Yes! Amen Brotha! Glad you had an amazing time! i was annoyed a little when i first heard the opening notes to Im Amazed at my show two weeks ago tonight, BUT I couldn't deny its power, its majesty. It is such an amazing song..I was truly and will always be...AMAZED

Shug · Oct 22, 2015, 11:29 AM

Welcome to all the new forum members and first-timers for the Jacket live! Quite a few of you in this thread, that's great to have you guys along.

Man, I am really jonesing for more Jacket, I so wish I was heading to Austin for tonight! Can't stop listening to live Jacket and I need more!

Would love to hear Steam Engine again since we didn't get that in PHX. How long has it been since they played Strangulation? Like Blucas told me, it almost doesn't matter what they play, they are playing so great right now, it's all gold.

parkervb · Oct 22, 2015, 01:12 PM

Quote from: Shug on Oct 22, 2015, 11:29 AM
Welcome to all the new forum members and first-timers for the Jacket live! Quite a few of you in this thread, that's great to have you guys along.

Man, I am really jonesing for more Jacket, I so wish I was heading to Austin for tonight! Can't stop listening to live Jacket and I need more!

Would love to hear Steam Engine again since we didn't get that in PHX. How long has it been since they played Strangulation? Like Blucas told me, it almost doesn't matter what they play, they are playing so great right now, it's all gold.

Excellent point Blucas! And it looks like Strangulation got some love earlier this year, last played in August in St Louis.

Jackets N Pones · Oct 22, 2015, 07:17 PM

Quote from: Shug on Oct 21, 2015, 06:06 PM
Eric is the lead singer of Fruitbats. They didn't do the planned duet with him on Wonderful (they did that in SF last weekend) instead played Bermuda and Hopefully.

Gotcha thanks.

rincon2 · Oct 24, 2015, 05:30 AM

This is a great show. Saw Red Rocks, SB, and LA. They were all pretty much all the same songs. This show has a fairly mainstream 2015 set, with jewels sprinkled throughout it. O is the One is the best recent version I have heard. Touch Me P2 is possibly the single best example of what MMJ is. It sounds like either the happiest song from The Wall, or the "popiest" song on Meddle. Best version I have heard. And last but not least, my most wished song to see this summer I missed. Hopefully. Acoustic. Damn I missed it in person, but great they finally played it in a recorded show. Archive.org